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Among Us is a social deduction game that became massively popular in the last few years. The game has garnered players belonging to all ages thanks to its simplistic and intuitive style of gameplay. Initially released in 2018, the game did not receive much traction and it was even taken off the servers temporarily. However, in the following years, the game picked up its pace to become one of the most popular games worldwide, peaking at a colossal 500 Million active player count in November 2020. Even though the game fell off its peak, it still attracts millions of players every day.
Considering all of this, it is no surprise that we saw a slew of gaming pertaining to the social deception genre. If you are eager to explore the potential of games that feature deception, trust, and outright lies as a core element, you have stumbled upon the right article. Let’s take a look at such games.
Best Social Deception Games like Among Us
Secret Neighbor
This multiplayer social horror game is set in the Hello Neighbor universe. A group of 6 players sneak into their creepy neighbor’s basement with one goal in mind; to open the basement and uncover their neighbor’s secrets. However, there is a catch. One of your trusted friends might possibly be the neighbor himself in disguise. You must figure out the traitor amongst you before he traps everyone.
Deceit
Apart from the core deception element, Deceit introduces a lot of different mechanics from Among Us. The game is basically a first-person shooter that challenges you to survive among five other members. A third of your group has been infected by the game’s deadly virus and they continue to pick off the innocents one by one. You must gather supplies, traverse through three zones, and escape through a hatch before they get to you.
Town of Salem
Similar to Among Us, Town of Salem is also inspired by classic party games such as Werewolf and Mafia which introduced the genre. The game supports a maximum of 15 players who are divided into Townsfolk, Mafia, Serial Killers, Arsonists, and Neutrals. The game offers a massive 33 roles to select from. Similar to Among Us, the game is available on a variety of platforms and it will even run on your preferred web browser.
There is also a second game titled Town of Salem 2 that builds upon the first game by adding several customization options and newer roles, however, unlike the first game, you might have to purchase the game to fully experience it.
Betrayal.io
This game is basically a clone of Among Us with a few differences here and there. Instead of the blobs of humanoid-like beings, you control human models which allows for a variety of customization options. It is completely free to play and can run on even the most basic browsers which makes the experience hassle-free for casual gamers as you need not download or install the game files.
Project Winter
Project Winter developed by Other Ocean Interactive is an award-winning title that is considered to be one of the finest survival games in the market. Its classic survival elements mixed with the survivor-traitor deception add a new layer of complexity to the genre. The game features proximity-based voice chat, private voice chat radio channels, and regular text chat and emotes for effective communication, which is one of the key aspects of it.
If the idea of Project Winter sounds appealing, check out the studio’s upcoming title Walking Dead: Betrayal which adds horrifying zombies to the mix.
